her last words. two sisters with a single purpose solve the mystery of their mother s death. we can t let this go. it s heartbreaking. she d left for hawaii, a new life, with a new husband. but the sunny paradise soon grew dark. something was very wrong it was horrible being so helpless. what was behind their mom s strange death? they set out together to discover the answer. and they were about to get some help from their mother herself. there it was. evidence she left for you to find? yes! a possible clue. hidden, in an envelope marked baby pictures. but tucked inside? a journal that painted a different picture, entirely. we pulled out the envelope and that was like, wow. could their mom help them solve her own mystery? we can t quit. we are her voice. we made a promise. we made a promise to our mom. i m lester holt. and this is dateline. tonight, keith morrison with the promise. here they were again. two sisters on a holiday in para
We cant let this go. Its heartbreaking. Shed left for hawaii, a new life, with a new husband. But the sunny paradise soon grew dark. Something was very wrong it was horrible being so helpless. What was behind their moms strange death . They set out together to discover the answer. And they were about to get some help from their mother herself. There it was. Evidence she left for you to find . Yes a possible clue. Hidden, in an envelope marked baby pictures. But tucked inside . A journal that painted a different picture, entirely. We pulled out the envelope and that was like, wow. Could their mom help them solve her own mystery . We cant quit. We are her voice. We made a promise. We made a promise to our mom. Im lester holt. And this is dateline. Tonight, Keith Morrison with the promise. Here they were again. Two sisters on a holiday in paradise. Or so the other vacationers must have assumed here in americas midpacific garden. In the lush resort near honolulu. But they would be wrong. T
garage in a house in california shirlene had kept looking for evidence to use against ken. so they flew to the mainland. and that s where they were when ken gave consent to take shirlene off life support and she died. and i remember thinking and just bawling my head off again. so i was mortified. and i was devastated again that i wasn t there. at shirlene s funeral, according to detective nick cambra, ken s eulogy sounded like a well-prepared criminal defense. he started with that shirlene initiated sex the night before, that she was happy that they were together. and then he started he went on to the next day and how he tried to prevent her from dying. shirlene s daughters were horrified. now, they were fully determined to keep their promise to their mother, they d need to ensure that ken was charged with her murder. next to look at the case, prosecutor dan oyasato, who found ken s remarks about strangulation very disturbing. and here s why. this was viewed as an overdos
evidence, like that pill bottle the sisters said they found stashed in the back yard of the condo, as if ken fed the pills to shirlene, then tried to hide the bottle from the police. but defense attorney edmunds could show ken didn t try to hide anything, that, in fact, he took paramedics to the medicine cabinet himself. they counted down tablets in a bottle of pills to see how many were left, and how many tried to figure out how many she d taken. which is what she said she had done. and there was a potential new defense witness who knew shirlene well, didn t like her at all, in fact. and she has her own strange theory on what happened to shirlene. you get to know the people who are living in your you have to. building, yeah. marjorie